Find Me Gluten Free
Getting Started
Everything you need to know to get started on Find Me Gluten Free!
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ℹ️ About Us
Welcome, and thank you for being a part of our community on Find Me Gluten Free! Community members like you are what makes Find Me Gluten Free the #1 app for finding gluten-free food with over 1 million reviews around the world!
Thanks to our community, Find Me Gluten Free has been able to remain a reliable resource for making informed decisions when dining out with celiac disease for the past 15 years.
Our Founder, Jason, created Find Me Gluten Free in 2010 after being diagnosed with celiac disease and realizing he needed a better way to find restaurants with safe options. To this day, our app is still managed by Jason and a small team of people with celiac disease.
We not only understand the challenges of living with celiac disease, we are passionate about making positive changes in our own community! We hope you will continue to support our efforts by sharing your experiences on the app! Together we can help each other make informed choices when dining out.
🤝 Our Community
Find Me Gluten Free is a crowd sourced and community based app. In our community we rely on each other to provide information so that we can make informed choices when dining out. Every contribution you make on Find Me Gluten Free directly impacts others in the gluten-free community and helps them find safe places to eat!
This is why it's so important to leave a review after dining somewhere. Whether positive or negative, detailed reviews empower others to make informed choices. Click here to learn more about what makes a review valuable.
🧭 Navigating the App
There's so much you can do on Find Me Gluten Free but here are some basics to get you started!
Local Tab
This is the tab you land on when you first open the app. Here's where the main search function is for finding gluten-free spots. By default, the location shown will be based on your current location. Tap this banner at the top to change your location (for example, if you want to search an area for an upcoming vacation you're taking).
If you'd like to search for the name or address of a restaurant, or a specific type of cuisine, you can tap the search bar to get started.
Below the search bar is a menu where you can quickly access some of our most used features. Here you'll find the Most Celiac Friendly button, Dedicated Gluten-free filter (for restaurants that only serve gluten-free food), Activity feed button (latest activity in your selected area), and Map button (view options on a map).
Below this menu you'll find your quick tap options. Scroll this section left and right to view them all or scroll all the way left to customize these options. You can choose from types of cuisine (pizza, sushi, donuts etc.), from time of day (breakfast, lunch, dinner etc.) or from characteristics (near me, take out, kid friendly etc.).
Further down is a list of places closest to your set location. Above this section are ways to sort and filter if you'd like to narrow down the options shown. Tap on any listing to view more information.
Collections
The Collections Tab is where you can create collections (lists of gluten-free places) of your own, or explore collections made by Guides and other community members.
Within a collection, not only can you include listings from the app but also custom pins for places of interest (e.g. your hotel or a local attraction). View your collection on a map and easily navigate a specific area.
Contribute
The Contribute Tab is the fastest way to contribute to the Find Me Gluten Free community! Here you can tap to add a place or write a review. You'll also see a list of suggested places to review. At the end of the year, you'll be able to see your "Year in Review" and all the ways you helped the gluten-free community by contributing.
To learn more about all the ways to contribute, check out our pages for more information (Contributing on iOS or Android).
Community
The Community Tab is the best place to connect with other people on Find Me Gluten Free, whether that be in your local area or another destination you'd like to explore.
View, comment and interact with posts from other community members, or post something yourself and see what the community has to say. Check out Local Guides nearby or in a designated area. Read the most recent reviews and browse the latest listings!
More
Under the More Tab, you'll find everything else on the app. Here you can manage account settings and your profile. Tap Edit Profile to update your self identifiers and dietary preferences. Once updated, you'll be able to match better with reviews written by other people like you on the app. You can also manage your Premium membership and view notifications.
You'll also find more features like Products, or the ability to specifically browse Airports, Stadiums/Venues or Schools & Universities. Explore details and reviews for larger restaurant chains and (coming soon) use our Dining Questions feature to translate questions with staff into another language while traveling.
⭐️ Reading Reviews
We have many resources where you can learn more about how to read and write helpful reviews on Find Me Gluten Free. Understanding how reviews are constructed is the key to feeling empowered when choosing where to dine out. Becoming a master at leaving a valuable review paves the way for other community members!
Visit our page about Safety vs. Star Ratings to learn more about the difference in these two rating systems.
📚 Celiac Resources
We created a list of free celiac resources for some of the most vulnerable members of our community. You can learn how to make the most out of your Find Me Gluten Free experience and the basics of dining out safely with celiac disease. We're always adding to these resources so keep an eye out for updates.
❤️ Premium
We do our best to make Find Me Gluten Free as accessible as possible while still being able to employ our very small team to maintain and continually improve the app experience for everyone! Premium allows us to continue providing Find Me Gluten Free to the gluten-free community. Your support means a lot to us!
The support we've received from Premium members has been instrumental in helping us build and maintain a trusted resource for gluten-free dining over the past 15 years. We've worked hard to keep the cost of Premium as minimal as possible while ensuring we can maintain the quality and innovation you expect from us.
Some of the features we’ve added since Premium first began include:
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A dedicated fryer filter
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The Most Celiac Friendly feature
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Improved map pins
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Coverage for airports, schools, venues, and sports stadiums
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The ability to search by website and more
You can learn more about all Premium has to offer or upgrade your membership by clicking here.
We’ve already begun working on future updates that we can’t wait to share with you! Thank you for your continued support and for being part of our mission to empower the gluten-free community. We look forward to sharing exciting new features and updates with you soon!